Sellers Guide
Take A Look At Our 20 Point Guide On How To Be A Successful Booter!
1. Don't make it an ordeal, do it to raise some funds for you and your family, and get rid of your unwanted items.
2. Pack your Car, if you use tables pack them last, they are the first things you will need on arrival.
3. Arrive at 8:00am.
4. If you arrive early you will have set-up time to display your stock.
5. Display to the best of your ability clean stock, dirty stock DOES NOT SELL and it puts customers off your stall.
6. Bring some change and keep your money safe.
7. Price up your stock with labels where possible, have carrier bags to wrap your sold items.
8. Put clothes on hangers where possible, check pockets! Make sure CDs and DVDs are IN the boxes.
9. No buying or selling before the HORN sounds.
10. Do not SMOKE on the stall or when serving customers. It puts your customers off.
11. Do not sell anything illegal. ie; Cigarettes, Tobacco, Animals, or FOOD of any sort. (If you do we WILL report you to Trading Standards)
12. If you are selling electrical items they MUST work and they MUST have correctly fitted safety plugs.
13. If you can bring along instruction manuals or assembly instructions for your goods, it'll make them more sellable
14. Be polite and pleasant to ours and your customers.
15. Do not say to customers 'its only been worn once or its only been used once' - Baloney!
16. If in doubt about anything one of our team who will help.
17. Dont wear anything nice and certainly wear your old shoes.
18. Be prepared for a shower of rain, something to cover you stock (see through plastic sheets work)
19. Control your kids and dogs but bring something to amuse them...Like Grandma!
20. BRING SOME BARGAINS and ENJOY YOURSELVES!
NO: Food, Drink, Livestock, Confectionary or Tobacco
NO: Guns, Ammunition, Knives
NO: Unauthorised catering vans or food outlets
Toilets on site, free car parking, catering vans and ice cream
We do not welcome the sale of counterfeit goods, anyone found selling them will be reported to the appropriate authorities.
Some Do’s and Don’t’s!!
DO NOT ALLOW ANY PERSONS TO GO INTO YOUR CAR OR BOOT!
DO NOT SMOKE WHILST SERVING YOUR CUSTOMERS!
DO NOT LEAVE RUBBISH OF ANY NATURE AT THE END OF THE SALES!
Do bring plenty of change
Do bring carrier bags and wrapping paper
Do bring a ‘felt tip’ pen and some card or paper for writing prices
Do bring some cellotape
Do bring a cover for your stock in case it rains
Introduce yourself to a neighbour and someone to look after your stall for the ‘loo’
Catering is provided at all Car Boot Sales however you may need that early cuppa’
Don’t sell any electrical item without safety plug
Don’t sell any electrical items and claim they work, if they do not?
If you have CLEAN stock it will sell quicker and you WILL get repeat custom
Don’t come to complain if you are not selling, look at your stock, rearrange the display, are your price too high? Is your stock disinteresting?
Be nice to your customers, chat and be helpful, it works.
DO NOT LEAVE ANY RUBBISH, FLY TIPPING IS ILLEGAL AND LEAVING YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS COUNTS AS FLY TIPPING!
Once you decide to leave the Sale pack up into a separate box the items you do not want to sell any more and when you get home leave the box by your dustbins!
Enjoy yourself, make a fun day of it!!!
All pedestrians and vehicles (buyers/sellers) entering/parking on sites are at own risk
Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions